HIT News Round Up: Patients Are Ready for AI; DirectTrust TNAP-Participant Accreditation; and Gen Z is Generation Digital Health
Welcome to the Health Information Technology Weekly News Round Up from RosettaHealth. Each week, we will provide you with a summary of all the actionable news that hospitals, HIT vendors, ACOs, and population health providers need to be smart and effective when it comes to HIT and health information exchange.
DirectTrust Releases Finalized Criteria for TNAP-Participant Accreditation
DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information, has released new criteria for its TNAP-Participant program V2.0.
House Legislators Press VA, Oracle Cerner Officials on EHR Pharmacy Issues
Last week, House legislators pressed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials and Oracle executives during a hearing regarding problems with the pharmacy features of the agency's new Oracle Cerner EHR system.
ACMI Symposium Outlines Public Health Interoperability Strategies
At the annual American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) symposium, experts discussed strategies to improve the public health interoperability infrastructure.
Listen: The ONC Projects Improving Health Information Exchange
National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi explains the latest interoperability frameworks and discusses the implications on areas like artificial intelligence, interoperability, health equity, data security and more, in this Gov CIO podcast.
The Peril And Promise of the Rising Tide of Healthcare Data
Digitization efforts of the last 20 years is enabling the healthcare industry to collect more patient information, raising the stakes on effectively using it to innovate, according to this recent Health Data Management Op-Ed.
Gen Z Is ‘Generation Digital Health’ as 62 Percent Use Digital Patient Portals
According to a new study, Gen Z engages in every type of digital healthcare activity more than other generations. The most common activities in which they engage include using patient portals (62%) and keeping telemedicine appointments (55%).
New Study: Patients Expect AI Will Be Part of the Future of Health Care
Patients may be ready to deal with artificial intelligence (AI) in a healthcare setting, according to this new study.
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